telephone (also phone)

v [I, Tn, Tn.pr] send (a message) or speak to (sb) by telephone 以电话传送（消息）; 给（某人）打电话: Will you write or telephone? 你写信还是打电话? * We must telephone our congratulations (to the happy couple). 我们得（给那对幸福的夫妇）打个电话表示祝贺. * He telephoned (his wife) to say he'd be late. 他（给妻子）打电话说他要晚到.

teleconference, telefax, telegram, telegraph, telegraph-line (also -wire), telegraph-pole (also -post), telegraphese, telegraphic, telegraphically, telegraphist, telegraphy, telemetry, teleological, teleologist, teleology, telepath, telepathic, telepathically, telepathy, telephone, telephone exchange (also exchange), telephone number (also `phone number), telephone operator, telephone to sb., telephonic, telephonist, telephony, telephoto, telephoto lens, telephotographic, telephotography, teleprinter, teleprompter, telescope, telescopic, telescopically, teletext, teletypewriter, televise, television,